Enrichment Center to add art classes, bus trips

The Merrill Area Community Enrichment Center is looking ahead to a wonderful year in 2014, but just for a moment we would like to look back and share a little of our 2013.

In 2013 we saw a number of blessings walk through our door as new participants but also volunteers. Somehow they found their way to the lower level of Merrill City Hall and decided this was exactly what they needed and wanted in their lives!

The people we serve each day are more than participants, they become family. They enter our lives and without notice they have entered our hearts as well. For just a moment we would love to pay tribute to those who we lost this past year. To offer their families the comfort of knowing that they were loved the moment they walked through our doors. They may be gone from this earth, but they will truly be remembered in our hearts forever.

As for 2014, changes will appear! Believe me: Changes can be a good thing. We will be introducing to the community a wonderful meal that will be served every Thursday at noon. The Community Table will offer those in the community a meal and social time at the center. Watch for the details in our monthly newsletter.

We will also offer a wonderful variety of art classes from local artists, starting in January with Sharon Walsh and One Stroke Painting.

With a grateful heart to the Bierman Family Foundation, we will be offering monthly outings with a new shuttle bus. The bus should arrive sometime in March. Special outings will be scheduled monthly for participants to attend out-of-town educational and recreational events.

The center will also offer EXCEL computer classes. NTC will provide an instructor on a monthly basis for basic computer classes and Internet classes. The new addition will be EXCEL. Please call the center to register throughout the school year.

The greeting card project for 2013 sent more than 3,400 cards to people serving our country. The center would be happy to accept unused greeting cards. In fact, Nancy Wilde visited the center last week and picked up more than 200 cards to get started.

Please watch for our monthly calendar and keep updated on the programs and services through the Merrill Area Community Enrichment Center. If you are unable to leave your home, please let us know and we would be happy to send one through the mail for you.

Once again, thank you for your continued support of the Merrill Area Community Enrichment Center. We are here to serve you!

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